carper

Example Sentences

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That's how much of a carper from the sidelines I am.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2014

It would be churlish to carp that Pavement has erred in excluding "Texas Never Whispers"—and churlishness is among the band's modes—and the carper would have to concede that it was right to include "Debris Slide."

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2010

No chronic carper, Mr. Simmonds found much good to report to British airmen: � England should learn from the U. S. the secret of high-speed, high-frequency schedules.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Daily Express' Cecil Smith, often a carper, came and was conquered.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had he sunk to be a common-place carper in the household which she had invested with so much beautiful happiness?

From Mabel's Mistake by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)